Coach Aguas has worked with athletes of all ages
to prepare for competitions from sprints to distance events. He has been
running and competing since the age of 11 and became a student of the
sport at a very young age. He graduated from South Miami Senior High where
he assisted in coaching himself and his own team for a number of seasons. He
would have competed collegiately, for the Florida International
University Cross Country and Track Teams in the Fall
of 2010 if not for an Achilles tendon injury. He has countless hours of
volunteering in Track, Cross Country, and Road Races. As an athlete he has
also competed at the District, State, and National levels for Track and Cross
Country, as well as numerous Road Races both local and statewide.

ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS: (athlete)

High School Team Captain Sophomore – Senior Track & Cross Country

HS Team Co-Captain Freshman – Track

HS MVP 1x; Cross Country (1); HS Rookie of the Year 2x; Cross Country (1), Track and Field (1)HS Most Dedicated Athlete 1x Track

-Gold Medal in the Cuban National Junior Track & Field Championships in the High Jump (1994, 1995, and 1996)

-5th place at the Pan American Junior Athletic Championship 1995 (High Jump)

-Bronze Medal at the Central American & Caribbean Championships High Jump 1995

-Represented Cuba at the IAAF World Junior Championship. High Jump 1996

-Silver and Bronze Medals at the Cuban National Track and Field Championship in the High Jump (1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000)

-Gold Medal in the Cuban Track and Field Cup (Decathlon) 2004 and 2005

-Gold Medal in the 2nd National Olympics (Decathlon) 2004

-Silver Medal in the Central American and Caribbean Championships (Decathlon) 2005

-Represented Cuba at the IAAF World Championship in the Decathlon in (Osaka) 2007

Athletics in the Family:

Son of Alberto Juantorena Danger, which is a former Cuban Track & Field athlete. His father is a 2 time Olympic Gold Medalist at the 1976 Montreal Olympics winning the 400m and 800m (becoming the only athlete male or female to win both events at a single Olympic Games, to this day he is the only one to achieve that feat). He is also a former world record holder in the 400m and 800m.

Alberto Juantorena Danger is also the President of the Cuban Track & Field Federation, Vice President of the IAAF, and Senior Vice President of Sports in Cuba.